User Manual

Using Markers
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To deleted a marker, click to select the marker in the Markers window and press the Delete
key.
Adding Markers On-the-Fly while Playing
To add markers on-the-fly while playing:
1. Load a sequence or clip.
See “Loading and Clearing Footage” on page 503.
2. (Option) Select a specific track, using the Track Selector panel.
See “Understanding the Track Selector Panel” on page 707.
3. Map the Add Marker button to a key by doing the following:
a. Open the Command Palette, click the More tab, and select Button-to-Button
Reassigment.
b. In the Settings list of the Project window, double-click Keyboard.
c. Drag an Add Marker button to a key on the Keyboard palette.
For more information about mapping buttons to keys, see “Mapping User-Selectable
Buttons” on page 112.
4. Click the Play button, and every time you want to add a marker, press the key to which you
mapped the Add Marker button.
5. (Option) Map different Add Marker buttons to different keys to be able to add more than one
color of marker.
To add comments to the markers:
1. Stop playing.
2. Do one of the following:
t Double-click the marker in the position bar under the monitor.
t Click the large oval on the frame in the monitor.
A Marker edit pane opens. The marker name, color, frame, and track information appear. By
default, the marker name is the user name logged onto your system.